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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Last evening was the St. John's Guild of Embroiderers monthly meeting. Here are the ATC's that were received during March.

For the last couple of months, trinket/jewelery boxes were embroidered and constructed. The design for the embroidery was sketched by several ladies of the program committee. The box design is from the book, Hand-Stitched Boxes by Meg Evans. The inside is constructed from silk.

Monday, March 29, 2010

I'm not into traditional quilting even though I belong to two quilt guilds. However, a lot of my friends do beautiful quilting. I have made a couple of quilts and one is for a queen size bed. My daughter, who lives in Chicago, has claimed it.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

I belong to the St. John's Guild of Embroiderers. Just after Christmas, the guild decided to make ATC's to send to Embroidery Canada. This is actually a challenge started by the national association. Have a look at last years cards. There is such a wonderful variety. Here's a sneak peek at a few of the ones some of our guild members embroidered.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Well, tomorrow is the first day of spring! I must say that St. John's has experienced a full week of beautiful weather. Maybe we'll even have a spring this year as the weather is often quite unpredictable. I have finally gotten some work done in the studio. It's been a struggle to get the mind in gear and do something productive. I have signed up to take a seminar next weekend on Cultural Product Development. This should prove interesting.

Last evening, I did some searching for Spring projects for both embroiderers and quilters.

Erica's site has patterns for machine embroidery. Welcome spring with a free embroidery of flower pots and a watering can.

I think I have exhausted the list of Spring stuff I found last evening. Enjoy looking at the sites I found. If you find some more interesting sites, please let me know. You can reach me at judy@cbiz.ca
or leave a comment at the end of this post.

Friday, March 12, 2010

I will be visiting London this fall as part of the group going on the 12 Day Quilting and Needlework Tour to England. Of course, one of the things I want to do is visit some needlework shops and fabric stores. While exploring the Works of Hand site, I came across Vincent's London vacation. His list, which came from members of Stitching Fingers, is great. You can visit his site (with photos) or check them out here:

Friday, March 5, 2010

I have been learning to use Corel Photo Paint. This progran can do a lot of stuff to images. For my purposes, I am sharpening up photos, adjusting colour if needed and resizing the image for use on the web. Here is the table topper I made for Quilt Canada 2010. As I'm not into piecing, I have done a mini wholecloth topper using free motion stitching. This particular piece is reversible. The back comes to the front to form the border. I basted on a temporary quilt label. In case you are wondering, the greens are that green!

The Eastern Edge Quilters, St. John's, have made a bunch of table toppers to send. More photos will be posted as soon as I get my photos ready.